Jane Hedges

Jane Hedges
The Very Reverend; Jane Hedges
	Dean of Norwich
	Hedges in 2018
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Norwich
In office	2014–present
Other posts	Canon Steward, Westminster Abbey (2006–2014); Archdeacon of Westminster (2006–2009 & 2010–2014); Sub-Dean of Westminster (2013–2014)
Orders
Ordination	1987 (deacon); 1994 (priest)
Personal details
Born	6 April 1956
Spouse	Chris Hedges
Children	two
Alma mater	Durham University

Jane Barbara Hedges (born 6 April 1956)[1] is an Anglican priest currently serving as Dean of Norwich.[2]

Education

Hedges trained for ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham in 1978. She had previously completed a General Arts degree at Durham University.[3] As the laws of the Church of England changed to allow women’s ministry, Hedges’ career progressed: she was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1994.[4]

Ministry

She was curate of Holy Trinity with St Columba, Fareham 1980–1983, and a team vicar in Southampton 1983–1988.

In 1988, she became Stewardship Adviser in the Diocese of Portsmouth then in 1993, she became Canon Residentiary of Portsmouth Cathedral.

From 2001 she served in the team ministry of Honiton, in the Diocese of Exeter, becoming rural Dean.[5]

In 2006, she moved to London, as Canon Steward of Westminster Abbey and Archdeacon of Westminster. In 2013, she became Sub-Dean of the Abbey. Hedges was installed as Dean of Norwich at a service on 21 June 2014.[6] She is the 39th Dean of Norwich and the first female Dean in Norwich Cathedral’s 900 year history.[7]

Family

Hedges is married to Chris Hedges (b. 1959) a teacher, and they have two sons.

References

"Hedges, Jane Barbara". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 January 2019. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"First female Dean of Norwich appointed". Diocese of Norwich.
"XXIV (ns) including supplement". Durham University Gazette. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
Knights, Emma. "New Dean of Norwich says Norfolk already feels like home". Eastern Daily Press.
"Jane Hedges to be Dean of Norwich". Thinking Anglican.
Norwich Cathedral – Dean Jane Hedges installed Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 July 2014)
Stanford, Peter (12 July 2014). "Will Jane Hedges be the C of E's first woman bishop?". Telegraph.

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[1] "Hedges, Jane Barbara". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 January 2019. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[2] "First female Dean of Norwich appointed". Diocese of Norwich.

[3] "XXIV (ns) including supplement". Durham University Gazette. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[4] Knights, Emma. "New Dean of Norwich says Norfolk already feels like home". Eastern Daily Press.

[5] "Jane Hedges to be Dean of Norwich". Thinking Anglican.

[6] Norwich Cathedral – Dean Jane Hedges installed Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 1 July 2014)

[7] Stanford, Peter (12 July 2014). "Will Jane Hedges be the C of E's first woman bishop?". Telegraph.

Deans of Norwich
Early modern	William Castleton John Salisbury John Christopherson John Boxall John Harpsfield John Salisbury George Gardiner Thomas Dove John Jegon George Montgomery Edmund Suckling John Hassal John Crofts Herbert Astley John Sharp Henry Fairfax Humphrey Prideaux Thomas Cole Robert Butts John Baron Thomas Bullock Edward Townshend Philip Lloyd
Late modern	Joseph Turner George Pellew Meyrick Goulburn William Lefroy Henry Wakefield Henry Beeching John Willink David Cranage Herbert St Barbe Holland Norman Hook Alan Webster David Edwards Paul Burbridge Stephen Platten Graham Smith Jane Hedges (announced)